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$50,000 in College Scholarships Available from Nonprofit
Participants Also Learn About College Financing and PlanningA program offering 25 scholarships of $2,000 is available to Iowa high school seniors. Students not only have a chance at much-needed funds ...
Member of the Month - November
By Gabby PowersEach month this year, VS FFA will be recognizing members that have been outstanding in classroom, FFA, and SAE. A Greenhand member and upperclassman will be recognized each month... Center Point Historical Society Elects 2022 Officers
CP HISTORICAL SOCIETYAt its last regular meeting of the year the Center Point Historical Society elected 2022 officers: president Philip Andersen, vice president Dennis Schlicht, secretary Sharon Hann...
Scholarships Are Free Money for College
By JULIE PINGEL Iowa Student Loan Board MemberIf your family will have a new college freshman next year, this is a great time to look for scholarships that will help offset the cost of an educati...
Morin selected to perform in 35th Annual Opus Honor Choir Festival
7th grader Syndy Morin was recently selected for participation in the 35th annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. Over 2100 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the fou... Minutes of the North Eden Willing Workers
North Eden Willing WorkersNovember 21, 2021The North Eden Willing Workers met at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vinton. Before the meeting, several members participated in the Benton County Friends o...
District Greenhand Fireup
By: Co-Reporter, Isabel Mullinex On November 3rd, 22 Greenhand members from the Vinton Shellsburg FFA chapter participated at the District Greenhand Fireup at Wapsie Valley High School. This day was ... Top three ways to handle fall leaves
Fall leaves are beautiful – until they pile up in your yard. Don’t send those precious nutrients up in smoke. Instead, put those nuisance leaf piles to good use. Leaves, small branches and other l...
KEEP IOWA BEAUTIFUL TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS
Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) will award three $1,000 scholarships to Iowa high school seniors in 2022 who plan to enroll in an Iowa college or university. The scholarships are in honor of three pion...
Benton County Community Foundation Celebrates Community Foundation Week
November 3, 2021 – The Benton County Community Foundation will join in a nationwide celebration, November 12-18, 2021, to recognize the increasingly important role that community foundations p...